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Webster 1913 Edition
Slowness
Slow′ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being slow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slowness
SLOWNESS
,Noun.
1.
Moderate motion; want of speed or velocity. Swifness and slowness are relative ideas.2.
Tardy advance; moderate progression; as the slowness of an operation; slowness of growth or improvement.3.
Dullness to admit conviction or affection; as slowness of heart.4.
Want of readiness or promptness; dullness of intellect.5.
Deliberation; coolness; caution in deciding.6.
Dilatoriness; tardiness.Definition 2024
slowness
slowness
English
Noun
slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)
- The quality or state of being slow.
- (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
Translations
quality of being slow
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References
- slowness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- slowness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913